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krick:


--- Quote from: Ken Layton on May 29, 2004, 01:45:04 am ---Try Radio Shaft # 275-217 (around $8.00) relay. It has both normally closed and normally open contacts.

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Would #275-241 ($4.29) work?
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From the picture on the site the markings on the side say...   1A  120VAC/24VDC


Ken Layton:

The 275-241 you mentioned has a 12 volt DC coil whereas the the one I mentioned (275-217) has a 120 volt AC coil.

danny_galaga:


--- Quote from: Ken Layton on May 29, 2004, 12:20:47 pm ---The 275-241 you mentioned has a 12 volt DC coil whereas the the one I mentioned (275-217) has a 120 volt AC coil.

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yes, it looks like that is a 12v coil. the 120vac/24vdc shows what kind of current the CONTACTS can handle. For our purposes that is irrelevant since it probably only has to handle microamps. The 275-217 that ken suggests is suitable. Don't be scared off by all those terminals. You are only using four in total. Most relays have circuit diagrams printed on them and many have translucent cases so you can just literally follow where the terminals go. on the 275-217 it looks like the two terminals that are on their own will be the 120v coil and the others i cant quite make out. when you have it in hand it will be obvious which of the other two to use. this relay is a double pole/ double throw so you will have a choice of either of two pairs. all the others are irrelevant.

rampy:


--- Quote from: krick on May 28, 2004, 12:03:21 am ---
--- Quote from: rampy on May 27, 2004, 11:47:45 am ---
I hold down the button for a few seconds and it forces windows to shutdown and powers off everything else... no fuss no muss...


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You're not shutting down windows by holding down the power button for a few seconds.  By holding the button down (usually for 4 seconds) you're just killing power to the motherboard.   You've been fortunate that windows hasn't been trashed.  You must be running Win2K or WinXP.  They're both a little more resiliant to this sort of thing.  Windows 98 will usually scream bloody murder if you do that.

But regardless, I was just stating what my _ideal_ situation would be.  Obviously it would take a lot more effort, time, and money than I'm willing to commit to make it happen.  I'm probably going to end up using a bit-strip power strip or one of the functionally identical home-made solutions that uses a relay.


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Krik, you must not be familiar with advance power management...  when I hold down the power button for a few seconds, it is NOT a "COLD" power off.  It tells windows to force shutdown programs and power down.  I watch it close programs and power down *shrug*.  It's like  a shortcut to "start menu -> shutdown -->shutdown"

I'm well aware of the potential dangers of abruptly shuttind down a windoze machine uncleanly.  Using Advance Power Management is not one of them =)

rampy

krick:

Hmm.  this feature might only be available in Windows XP....

http://aumha.org/win5/a/shutcut.php

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